Reviews of topical problems

P.S. Landa, N.A. Miskinova, Yu.V. Ponomarev “lonization waves in low-temperature plasmas” 23 813–834 (1980)

I.M. Kapchinskii “Intense linear ion accelerators” 23 835–847 (1980)

From the history of physics

A.P. Grinberg “On the history of study of isomerism” 23 848–857 (1980)

New apparatus and measurement methods

V.I. Shmal’gauzen “Interferometers for studying small vibrations” 23 858–861 (1980)

From the current literature

A.V. Gurevich “An ionized layer in a gas (in the atmosphere)” 23 862–865 (1980)

Meetings and conferences

V.A. Dogel’ “Physical models of the long-period variations of solar activity” 23 866–867 (1980)

A.P. Levanyuk, D.G. Sannikov “Present status of the theory of phase transitions in ferroelectrics” 23 868–869 (1980)

I.V. Ivanov “Low-temperature ferroelectrics: dielectric nonlinearity and parametric interactions in the microwave band” 23 869–871 (1980)

O.G. Vendik “Ferroelectric films (soft-mode dynamics, microwave applications)” 23 871–873 (1980)

A.M. Gal’per, Yu.D. Kotov, B.I. Luchkov “The diffuse cosmic gamma radiation” 23 873–874 (1980)

V.E. Nesterov, O.F. Prilutskii “Discrete sources of cosmic gamma radiation” 23 874–875 (1980)

V.G. Kirillov-Ugryumov, R.Z. Sagdeev, Yu.P. Semenov “The outlook for observational gamma astronomy” 23 875–877 (1980)

Personalia

G.D. Bogomolov, A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov, P.L. Kapitza, S.P. Kapitza, E.L. Kosarev, V.A. Kotel’nikov, A.B. Manenkov, V.N. Melekhin “Lev Al’bertovich Vainshtein (on his sixtieth birthday)” 23 878–879 (1980)